Elias v. Department of Transportation

Case: 24-2276 Document: 54 Page: 1 Filed: 04/08/2026

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HECTOR ELIAS, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent ______________________ 2024-2276 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. SF-0752-20-0034-I-1. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KYLEE HANNEFIN BELANGER, Kylee Belanger Law Cor- poration, San Diego, CA, argued for petitioner.

STEPHEN J. SMITH, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by ALBERT S. IAROSSI, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, BRETT SHUMATE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 24-2276 Document: 54 Page: 2 Filed: 04/08/2026

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, PROST, Circuit Judge, and SEEBORG, Chief District Judge)1.

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 8, 2026 Date

Honorable Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.